Mindfulness and Well-being Specialization

Mindfulness and Well-being Specialization

Name: Mindfulness and Well-being
Rating: 4.876923076923077 (268 reviews)

Dive in to the practice of mindfulness. Explore the theory and methods of mindfulness that aim to increase your awareness and decrease suffering.

Instructor: Dr. Elizabeth Slator

What you'll learn

The theory and impact of mindfulness practice
The tools and methods to incorporate this practice into your life

Skills you'll gain

Emotional Intelligence

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Specialization - 3 course series

The goal of the Specialization is to showcase the ways in which the practice of mindfulness is an effective means of enhancing and maintaining optimal health and overall well-being that can be implemented in every aspect of daily living. The intention of the Specialization is to supply learners with practical tools to support thriving in life. Each course will feature mindfulness practices, directions for implementation and application, experiential exercises and reflection opportunities.

Applied Learning Project

Each week, there will be lectures to watch, discussions to contribute to, and short quizzes to assess your learning. You will also have the opportunity to practice mindfulness yourself, and you will find different ways to try it out when you complete the weekly challenges/experiences.

Mindfulness and Well-being: Foundations

Course 116 hours4.8 (790 ratings)

What you'll learn

Key mindfulness concepts and practices that support the ability to use attention in an enhanced way.
Concepts and practices that deepen the understanding of the mind/body connection, and highlights ways that the body is a direct portal to presence.
Guidance for enhancing resilience, with specific regard to opening to and accepting a wide range of emotion.
How to take the benefits that come from regular meditation and integrate them into daily life, as well as establishing a regular meditation routine.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Emotional Intelligence

Mindfulness and Well-being: Living with Balance and Ease

Course 219 hours4.9 (337 ratings)

What you'll learn

Increase capacity for attentional control, sustained focus and presence.
Concepts and practices that deepen the understanding of the mind/body connection, and highlights ways that the body is a direct portal to presence.
Cultivate compassion for self and others

Mindfulness and Well-being: Peace in, Peace Out

Course 325 hours4.8 (43 ratings)

What you'll learn

The purpose of this course is to introduce mindfulness as a robust tool for spiritual development. Highlighting its rich traditional roots, the course explores the capacity of mindfulness to expand understanding about the nature of human consciousness and facilitate certain transcendent emotional experiences, including awe, wonder and flow. Designed for practical application, the course includes a variety of meditations, reflective exercises and activities to help make the material personally meaningful and is the culmination of a specialization created to promote holistic well-being through the practice of mindfulness.